Garment



Patented Mar. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in garments, and relates more particularly to a hair cloth and is a continuation in part of my patent application Serial No. 679,202, led July 8, 1933.

It is customary foi` barbers, who are about to shave or trim the hair of a customer, to cover the customer, from the neck down, with a cloth or gown to prevent particles of hair, lather, etc., from adhering to the person or clothing of the wearer. The cloth or gown used for this purpose is known to the trade as a hair cloth and is secured about the neck of the wearer.

Heretofore, hair cloths have been secured around the neck by means of a pin, or by means of a hook attached to one end of a neckband engaging any one of a number of pleats at the other end of the neckband. The hair cloth secured by a pin is objectionable because the cloth cannot be fitted snugly to the neck of the wearer, and because of the danger of sticking the neck with the pin. In the case of the hair cloth provided with a hook and pleats, it has been found that the pleats are impracticable because they are weakened by repeated washings, and soon tear out. Moreover, hair cloths heretofore employed have had the serious disadvantage that they could not be made to snugly t the neck of the wearer, sol that they failed to prevent hair clippings from slipping down the back of the wearers neck, the wearer thus being subjected to much discomfort.

In other types of hair cloths the hook used as a fastener must be removed when the hair cloth is washed and when it is moved through a mangle in the operation of laundering.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a hair cloth in which these defects are overcome.

A more specific object of my invention is to provide an improved hair cloth having the neck portion thereof so formed that it will snugly, yet comfortably, fit the neck of the wearer.

Another object of my invention is to provide and adjustable hair cloth having a neck-opening capable of permitting a good fit about the body and neck of a. wearer at all adjustments.

It is another object of my invention to provide a hair cloth with a strong and durable neck adjustment.

Still another object of my invention is to provide an improved hair cloth having means for adjustment thereof at positive spacings.

A further object of my invention is to provide an adjustable hair cloth having a strong and durable means for permanently attaching a fastening member thereto.

Still a further object of my invention is tol provide, in a hair cloth, a permanently attached hook which can be readily grasped.

Still a further object of my invention is to provide an improved article of the character described which is simple, inexpensive, and efficient in construction, and which has maximum efflciency.

With these and other objects in view, which will become more apparent as the description proceeds, my invention embodies a hair cloth having a neck opening provided at one end with a permanently attached at hook and at the other end with a row of eyelets engageable by said hook for adjustably attaching the hair cloth about the neck of the wearer, the neck portion thereof being formed of a configuration which will permit a snug, but comfortable, fit around the wearers neck.

The invention, both as to details of construction and combination of parts, will best be understood from the following description of specific embodiments, when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a partial perspective view of my hair cloth showing the method of securing about the neck.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of my hair cloth showing the shape of the neck opening and method of hook attachment.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2, showing the reinforcing and backing construction and with the hook in place.

Fig. l is a perspective view showing the construction of my improved hook.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a large piece of fabric 2 provided with a neckband 4, having at one end a small piece of fabric 6, which partially surrounds a permanently attached hook l2. The other end 1 of the neckband 4 is provided with a. row of metallic eyelets I4 engageable by the hook I2. The fabric 2 is ordinarily composed of cloth, but may be of any desirable material such as rubber or waterproof fabrics. The eyelets are shown as constructed of metal, but they may be made of any desirable material or construction, as, for example, they may be formed from fabric, after the fashion of the ordinary button hole, or they may be merely holes in a metallized fabric or in leather or similar belting. In the construction shown, the eyelets I4 are vsecured. through a reinforced'neckband, which can be increasingly reinforced to obtain any degree of strength required.

Referring now to Fig. 2, the fabric 2 is shown flattened, and in that position the fabric 2 is divided downwardly from the top along a center line I8. The neckband 4 surrounds a neck opening 20 centered on line I8 and placed adjacent one edge of the body 2. Downwardly, the opening 20 has the shape of a conventional spoon except that the end l' of the neckband is not carried around to complete the spoon shape as shown by the dotted line I6, but instead is continued around in a continuation of the curvature of the side of the spoon-shape toward the center line I8.

The hook I2 is held in position on the fabric 2 by the two adjoining rows of stitches 8 and I0. In the above construction the metal of the hook is kept from contacting the wearers neck.

In Fig. 4 the hook I2 is shown to be constructed of a single piece of wire doubled on itself at 22, reversely bent upon itself at 24 to form the hook portion, continued backwardly to form spaced members 25 and 25A and with the ends carried backwardly to a point 26 where they are bent away from each other on a returning curve to form a curved portion 28, used as a handle.

By having the hook elements lie in the same plane there is no need to remove the hook for purposes of laundering the hair cloth and this is readily apparent from the drawing. The eyelets have been found to have the necessary strength and durability required for the designated use, can be economically produced, and, whether of metal or otherwise, are not affected by laundering.

Although intended particularly for a barbers hair cloth, this invention is equally eicacious for use by dentists, doctors, beauticians, hairdressers, and by any others who might wish to work on the head of a person without soiling clothes or body of the wearer.

Although the shape of the neck opening is recommended as providing a good fit on the body of the wearer for all adjustments and neck sizes, it is not proposed to limit the invention to that shape, and any desired shape may be used. The location of the neck opening, although specifically designated in the illustration, may be made at any desired or convenient point.

It is particularly to be observed that the shank or spaced members 25, 25A, of the hook, has the small piece of fabric! interposed between the spaced members, and that adjacent the shank 25 are parallel rows of stitching 8 and I0 which hold the small piece of fabric 6 to the neck cloth 2. The location of the rows of stitching immediately adjacent the shank 25 enables the hook to pivot about a point intermediate the. two rows of stitches so that the hook may be raised to be perpendicular to the cloth by grasping the handle v 28 of the hook, and the hook may also lie flat against the cloth While being laundered. rIhe ends of the small piece of fabric 6 limit the movement of the hook in a longitudinal direction.

It is, also, to be noted that I can also pivotally strap the hook on the fabric 2 by means of threads looped about the fabric 2 and the shank 25.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting, as numerous In a garment comprising a sheet of material y having a neck opening adjacent and extending from one edge thereof, a hook permanently fastened to said garment adjacent one end of said opening, said hook comprising a single piece of wire doubled on itself which is reversely bent to form a hook, a shank extending from said hook portion which is disposed between a piece of fabric on one end of the neck opening and the other ends of said wire extending from one another on a spaced curved portion and another piece of wire lying in the same plane, two rows of stitches adjacent the shank and holding the hook fastening fabric to the main sheet of material so that the hook can pivot to lie flat against the sheet of material, and a plurality of spaced eyelets on the other end of said opening whereby the end of the hook may be optionally engaged in any one of the eyelets to form the neck opening of any size.

BENJAMIN BERKOWITZ. 

